Information technology

The highest profile hacks, the ones that get the most digital ink, are the ones that affect millions of people. When personally identifiable information (PII) is stolen from a major healthcare company or retail provider (think Target), millions of ordinary citizens find themselves in financial jeopardy, and the media and...

Your company's employees can support or undermine the foundation of your data security plan. They are the most likely to be targeted and the easiest to leverage into a valuable asset. We all are overwhelmed by security threats and proactively taking action can be daunting. At home, your employees might...

The era of Big Data is, for better or for worse, upon us. And in this Brave New World that has such data in it, companies inevitably have massive amounts of information that must be kept both private and secure. Trade secrets such as customer lists, manufacturing processes and even...

Has your company taken steps to address insider threats to your valuable information and assets? A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report on managing insider threats found that 51 percent of companies surveyed do not have a plan to deal with insider thefts and few conduct full-scope monitoring. This approach comes at a...

As McKenna Long & Aldridge readies to join global mega-firm Dentons, home to scores of prominent attorneys and legal minds, McKenna announces as part of the merger, its long-time Washington partner Jessica Abrahams has been named to head the combined contractor practice.